9 questions across 3 rounds · tap a question to reveal its answer
In the news recently...
Which disgraced Hollywood producer is going on trial again on a rape charge in New York City?
💡 Harvey Weinstein
Which player scored 36 points to lead the Phoenix Suns past Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in the NBA play-in tournament?
💡 Jalen Green
Which U.S. state became the first to pass a statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers?
💡 Maine
Mixed bag
Known for its rusty, iron-oxide-dusted surface that gives it a distinctive reddish glow in the night sky, what is the name of the fourth planet from the Sun?
💡 Mars
Conducted at Stanford University in the late 1960s and early 1970s, what is the name of the famous psychological study in which young children were left alone with a single marshmallow and promised a second treat if they could resist eating the first?
💡 Stanford marshmallow experiment
Associated with René Descartes, what is the name of the philosophical position holding that the mind and the body are two fundamentally distinct substances — one a thinking, non-physical entity and the other a physical, extended thing?
💡 Cartesian dualism
On this date (18 April)
On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake struck which major California city, killing over 3,000 people and destroying much of the city?
💡 San Francisco
On April 18, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle led a surprise American bombing raid on Tokyo during World War II. What name is this daring mission commonly known by?
💡 Doolittle Raid
On April 18, 1521, Martin Luther appeared before the Diet of Worms to defend his writings before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. In which present-day country was the city of Worms located?
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